Luxembourgish

Els

Noun

Els f ‎(plural Elsen)

1. shad, specifically the allis shad (Alosa alosa)

Synonyms

• Meefësch

English

Noun

els

1. plural of el

Anagrams

• ESL, les, Les, LES, SLE

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin illōs, from ille.

Article

els m pl ‎(feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

1. the; masculine plural definite article

Pronoun

els ‎(proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls)

1. them (masculine, direct or indirect object).
2. them (feminine, indirect object only).

Declension

Danish

Noun

els c

1. genitive singular indefinite of el

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos. Compare German Erle, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛls

Noun

els m ‎(plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

1. alder

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *alisnō, *alusnō. Related to *ēlō, whence Dutch aal, German Ahle, English awl.

Noun

els f ‎(plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

1. (leather working) awl
2. (printing) bodkin

Anagrams

• les

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /els/

Adverb

els

1. elsewhere

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin illōs, from ille.

Pronoun

els

1. they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)

Swedish

Noun

els

1. indefinite genitive singular of el

Volapük

Article

els

1. nominative plural of el